{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Frank Andrews - High Performance Development Coach at Baseball Ireland &amp; Irish National Baseball Team Head Coach","description":"Season 4 Episode 32 is out with Frank Andrews. Frank is currently a High Performance Development Coach at Baseball Ireland &amp; Irish National Baseball Team Head Coach. Frank obtained his BS in Exercise Science\/Biology at Concordia University and MS in Strength and Conditioning from Limerick Institute of Technology. &amp;nbsp; Frank explains specifically how the National Team operates and his experience within &amp;nbsp;the European Pool Qualifiers. Frank talks about his experience within Strength &amp; Conditioning and the differences between USA and Abroad. Frank explains how he originally got the job with Baseball Ireland and how he started to expand the Irish Baseball Academy. &amp;nbsp; Frank is a very independent think about Strength &amp; Conditioning and Baseball. Frank talks how he is creating adaptations towards his athletes in order to maximize their baseball playing abilities. Frank goes in-depth talking about his philosophies towards throwing and why anatomically throwing originates anteriorly rather than posteriorly. &amp;nbsp; Timestamps &amp;nbsp; Background: (02:00)  Startup within baseball and strength and conditioning: (02:20) Injuries (4:00) Concordia University Minor in Chemistry and BS in Exercise Science\/Biology (5:00) MS in Strength and Conditioning from Limerick Institute of Technology (07:20) Experience starting in Ireland and baseball abroad (08:10) Strike zone facility (10:15)  &amp;nbsp; Ireland (12:10)  MS program structure (12:10) Strength and Conditioning US vs Abroad (14:20) Popularity of baseball within Ireland (21:20) Growth of baseball over the next 5 years (25:10)  High Performance Development Coach (30:20)  Development of baseball Ireland and establishing a high-performance environment? (31:00) Irish National team (34:00) Development programs ideology (38:00) In-depth analysis of programming style (42:30) Mountain Builder Bench Description (44:40) Description of throwing ideology using the perfect throw (48:12) Cueing ideology (57:30)  Throwing discussion  Why the arm is more important than what people think (60:00) Evolution of the shoulder from monkeys into humans (61:10) Why monkeys can\u2019t actually throw and the main function of their shoulders (63:20) Development of sternoclavicular joint and why throwing originates anteriorly rather than posteriorly (64:20) Training and understanding the eccentric motion of the throw (75:00) Baseball training philosophy adaptation from the past 5-10 years (82:40) Player Development over the next 5 years and why data interpretation is more important than technology (87:00)  &amp;nbsp; Closing (98:30) &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"BachTalk","author_url":"http:\/\/bachtalk.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/24631305\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/24631305"}